Paper-holder for type-writers.



PTO-798,510. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1906.

H. A. HAWS & T. 0. WHITE.

PAPER HOLDER FOR TYPE WRITERS. APPLICATION FILED 1330.11.1903.

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HARRY ANTRIM HAWS AND THADDEUS C. WHITE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed December 11, 1903. Serial No. 184,709.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARRY ANTRIM HAWS, residing in the borough ofBrooklyn, Kings county, and TI-IADDnUs 0. WHITE, residing in the boroughof Manhattan, New York county, in the city and State of New York,citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paper-Holders for Type-I/Vriters, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in means for supporting paper andenvelops in position upon a type-writer; and the same has for its objectmore particularly to provide a simple, eflicient, and inexpensiveadjustable support for holding paper and envelops in position upon thetype-writer in such a manner that the same may be easily andconveniently transferred therefrom and guided into proper positionwithin the carriage.

Further, the invention has for its object to provide a support which maybe readily attached to or removed from a type-writer without injuring ormarring the same in any way or interfering with the ordinary operationthereof.

To these ends our invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,wherein like figures of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is apartial plan view of a type-writer with a support constructed accordingto and embodying our invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an end viewof the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan View of the support detachedfrom the type-writer and showing in dotted lines the extensible memberdrawn out. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the support or holder as seen fromits front, and Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1looking in the direction of the arrow.

In said drawings, designates a Remington Standard type writer from whichthe usual paper-shelf has been removed, and 11 denotes our improvedpaper-holder arranged in position thereon, comprising a bed 12, providedupon its under side adjacent to its front edge with depending split pins13 13, adapted to be fitted into the paper-shelf sockets 14: 1 1 on thetype-writer, whereby to hold said paper-holder rigidly in position uponthe machine.

Upon the under side of the bed 12 are secured longitudinal groovedguides 15 15, within which work sliding supports 16 16, having theirends bent upwardly and extending through longitudinal recesses 17 17 inthe bed 12 and terminating in transverse ends 18 18, which are adaptedto be duly held to their adjusted position upon the bed by frictionalcontact, the recesses 17 17 extending inwardly from the. opposite endsof the bed 12 toward its center and there separated from each other byan intermediate portion 19 of the bed.

Upon the under side of the bed 12 transversely to the guides 15 15 arearranged tubular guides 20, which are secured to said bed 12 bysoldering and clamps 21 21. Within said tubular guides 20 is supportedan extensible member adapted to support the projecting ends of longsheets of paper, which comprises rods 22 22, having their inner endsarranged within said tubular guides 20 20 and their extreme outer endsbent upwardly at right angles to theremainder thereof and unitedadjacent to their outer ends by a bar 23, which is substantiallycoextensive in length with the length of the bed 12.

24: 2 1 denote studs provided upon the ends of the rods 22 22 within thetubular guides 20 20, which extend into longitudinal slits 25 25,arranged in said tubular guides 20 20, by

means of which the outward and inward move-.

ment of the rods 22 22 of the extensible member may be limited, and 26denotes a spring having one end secured to one of the adjustable ends 1818 upon the inner surface thereof and its free end extending inward anddownward and terminating near the center of the portion 19 of the bed12, which spring is adapted to bear upon the top layer of the superposedlayers of paper disposed upon the bed 12 intermediate the ends 18 18.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: A quantity of paper orenvelops, as the case may be, is first placed in position upon the bed12 and the ends 18 18 adjusted longitudinally upon the bed 12 until thesame con tact with the vertical edges of the paper or envelops and theend of the spring 26 bears 'upon the upper surfaceof the uppermostlayer. To transfer the paper or envelops in the cylinder. In this way,assuming, of course, that the paper upon the bed 12 has been firstproperly adjusted thereon, the sheet will be properly fed into positionupon the cylinder by simply rotating the same, asthe adjustable ends 1818 serve to guide the paper true to the cylinder, and each succeedingsheet may be brought into the same position upon the cylinder withoutrequiring any further adjustment. The advantages hereof will be readilyappreciated when it is desired to address a large number of envelops orwrite upon sheets of paper on which it is desired to have the writingbegin at substantially the same point in each sheet or envelop. 1

It will of course be understood that for the diflerent forms oftype-writers different attaching devices may be required and that we donot wish to confine or restrict ourselves to the precise form hereinshown and described, since the same may be varied without departing fromthe spirit of our invention; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A paper-holder adapted for attachment to a type-writer comprising abed, longitudinal and transverse guides arranged upon the under side ofsaid bed, ends arranged upon said bed and adjustable in the longitudinalguides thereon, an extensible member adapted for projection beyond theoutlines of said bed, comprising two parallel members adapted to work inthe transverse guides, and united adjacent to their outer ends by atransverse sec tion, substantially as specified.

2. A paper-holder adapted for attachment to atype-writer comprising abed, longitudinal and transverse guides arranged upon the under side ofsaid bed, ends arranged upon said bed and adapted for adjustment in thelongitudinal guides, means for limiting the movement of said ends,v anextensible member adapted for projection beyond the outlines of saidbed, and to lie wholly within the outlines thereof when contracted, saidextensible member comprising two parallel members adapted to Work in thetransverse guides and united adjacent to their outer ends by atransverse bar, means for limiting the movement of said extensiblemember, and attaching devices arranged upon said bed whereby to securethe paper-holder in position upon a type-writer, substantially asspecified.

3. A paper-holder adapted for attachment to a type-writer comprisingabed having longitudinal recesses therein, longitudinal guides arrangedupon the under side of said bed in line with the recesses therein, endsadjustably arranged upon said bed having supportingsections extendingthrough the recesses and working in said longitudinal guides, guidesarranged upon the under side of said bed at right angles to thelongitudinal guides, rods adapted to'work in said guides having theirouter ends bent upwardly to the remainder thereof, and united adjacentto their upturned ends by a transverse bar, a spring having one endsecured to one of the adjustable ends and its other end free andextending inward and downward and adapted to bear upon the paper on thebed, and attaching means on W said bed whereby to secure said holder inposition upon a type-writer, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,this 9th day of December, 1903.

HARRY ANTRIM HAWS.

THADDEUS C. WVHITE. Witnesses:

G. H. ODONN'ELL, G. AUGUSTUS DIETERIOH.

